iPhone multi-tasking, app folders, ibooks & more this summer!

Apr 9, 2010

On 8th April, Apple announced plans for the next iPhone operating system (OS 4).

This should be quite exciting for iphone fans as this upgrade will include over 100 new features for iPhone and iPod touch.

This is the biggest and most exciting iPhone software update yet no doubt making the iphone even more powerful, innovative, and amazing than it already is.

So what are the main features of iphone OS 4?

1 Multitasking services – e.g. listen to music via |Wunder Radio app whilst feeding your virtual fish (if you have one – if not check out this cutie!)

2 Organize apps into folders with drag-and-drop simplicity. Get faster access to your favorites and browse and manage up to 2160 apps at once — many more than the current limit of 180 apps (this will be a great improvement although I dont know about you but as a bit of an app addict I’m likely to use up my 2160 allocation after a few weeks!)

3 Email improvements e.g See messages from all your email accounts displayed together in one inbox, search by thread etc

4 iBooks – iBooks already available on the iPad will be made available to iphone ipod touch users also

Heres how iBooks currently looks on the iPad…

5 A new social gaming center which sounds similar to the Xbox Live setup i.e. leaderboards, friend system, leaderboards and achievements etc More details at Engadget HERE

5 Developers iadd advertising platform (more functionality for advertisers to advertise in apps – not always a good thing for us as consumers!)

This short news report gives an excellent overview of what Apple CEO Steve Jobs tells us is coming with iPhone OS 4:

IDG news service via  MacWorld See the full video HERE

So it looks like its going to be a good summer for iPhone and iPod touch users watch this space for more info or check out our news feed HERE.